# The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008


(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 are amended as follows, subject to regulation 8 (saving provision).
(2) In Schedule 6 (housing costs)—
(a) in paragraph 1(2) (housing costs), omit the definition of “existing housing costs” and “new housing costs”;
(b) omit paragraph 8 (existing housing costs);
(c) in paragraph 9 (new housing costs)—
(i) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), omit “new”;
(ii) omit sub-paragraphs (4) to (7); and
(iii) for the heading, substitute “Housing costs”;
(d) in paragraph 10 (general exclusions from paragraphs 8 and 9)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “Paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “Paragraph 9”; and
(ii) in the heading, for “paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “paragraph 9”;
(e) in paragraph 11 (the calculation for loans), for “existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs” substitute “housing costs”;
(f) in paragraph 12 (general provisions applying to new and existing housing costs)—
(i) omit sub-paragraphs (1) and (2); and
(ii) in the heading, omit “new and existing”;
(g) in paragraph 14(9) (excessive housing costs), for “paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “paragraph 9”;
(h) in paragraph 15 (linking rule)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (6)(a), omit “8(1) or”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (14), omit paragraph (a); and
(iii) in sub-paragraph (18), omit “8(1)(a), 8(1)(b) or”; and
(i) in paragraph 20 (continuity with income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or state pension credit), omit sub-paragraph (1)(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1647/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-housing-costs-amendments-regulations-2015/regulation-4
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